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It was a Bombard Tropic that Sam bought new in August of
2000. It had very light use.
Vern
s/v Nirvelli
On Fri, 7 Jul 2006 13:10:44 -0400
"Norm of Bandersnatch" <> wrote:
>
> Your inflatable must have been an old or light duty
>boat.
>
> Our 10' Caribe has been in daily use, and occasional
>abuse, since 1997 and
> is still going strong, albeit with a few patches.
>
> It is our shuttle to the shore, and we use it every day
>as such. Some days
> it is our pick-up truck hauling everything from piles of
>provisions (buy
> big, buy less often), sheets of plywood and other
>building supplies,
> various steel and aluminum fabrications, tanks of
>propane and dinghy gas,
> large storage batteries (how about a set of four L-16s
>at 130 lbs each),
> washer, dryer, freezer, refrigerator, in short -
>anything that goes on or
> off a 63' vessel at anchor - with complete safety and
>stability. With two
> people (and a clean bottom) it can go 25 Kts. It can
>plane with three
> adults aboard (but not with four).
>
> It would be impractical to deflate it for transport. In
>calm waters it
> hangs on 4x4 davits on the starboard side, at sea we tow
>it with two lines.
> I am working on a boom to pick it up and carry it on
>deck. It weighs about
> 300 lbs with all its gear.
>
> I simply cannot imagine any other type boat that would
>serve us as well.
> If it was lost it today, I would buy another exactly
>like it tomorrow.
>
>
> Norm
> S/V Bandersnatch
> Lying St Augustine FL
>
>> After the inflatable that I got from my brother had a
>> total failure after only 5 years of very light use
>>(almost
>> as little use as his main sail) and the company wouldn't
>> do anything about it I decided I would never buy another
>> inflatable. The only reason I could see to have one is
>>in
>> really rough seas and then it would have to be a hard
>> bottom design which really doesn't change the size of
>>the
>> dingy at all.
>
>
>
>
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